Tailor&#39;s measuring device.



H. H. GORDON; TAILOR'S MEASURING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED HA3. 7, 1910.

988,459, Patentgd Apr. 4, 1911.

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HENRY H. GORDON, OF HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK.

TAILOR/S MEASURING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

Application filed March 7, 1910. Serial No. 547,692.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY II. Gonnoiv, a citizen of the United States,residing at Huntington, Long Island, in the county of Suffolk and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTailors. Measuring Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tailors measuring devices.

It has especially for its object to facilitate taking measurements, asin fitting and making garments and to carry out said object in a simple,inexpensive and effective manner.

The invention consists of certain instrumentalities or featuressubstantially as here inafter fully disclosed and defined by the claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of myinvention: Figure 1 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the same; Fig. 3 is a broken or fractional opposite side View of theinvention. Fig. 1 is a view of a figure of a person with the deviceapplied thereto, as for use.

In carrying out my invention, I provide an upright member 1 which may beof suitable light material as the judgment may suggest, which isdesigned to be appliedto the front portion of a shoulder. Fittedremovably upon the member 1 is a horizontal member or arm 2, having oneend formed or terminating in a preferably rectangular keeper or loop 3to receive said upright member, said loop or keeper having projectingfrom one end thereof a spring-catch et adapted to engage either of twonotches 5, 6 in one edge of the upright member 1 according to theparticular adjustment or application of the latter thereto. The memberor arm 2 is preferably of spring-steel or resilient metal being adaptedto be applied along the shoulder blade in practice, and to the outer endof said steel-spring member 2 is suitably secured a tape-measure 7 whereby measurement may be taken from the front of the shoulder to the centerof the back. The loop or keeper 3 has extending therefrom and laterallyof, and beyond the spring member or arm 2, a stem 8 preferably circularin cross-section although it may be rectangular in crosssection forstrengthening or reii'iforcing purposes. The upright member 1 has itslower end pointed as at 9 to cause it to suitably engage or puncture thevest (for instance) at the waist-line to aid the retention of saidmember in effective position, the member 2 being then disposed or placedunder an arm (for instance the left) as in taking a measurement. Themeasurement or measurements thus taken by the use of the tape-measure 7with the aid of the other members as described, are as to width.

In producing the length measurement, an additional tape-measure 10 issuitably applied to the opposite side of the loop or keeper 3 theconnection therebetween being effected, preferably, by means of aflanged eyelet or pivot- 11, as clearly shown by Figs. 2 and 3. Intaking the requisite measurement, the tape-measure 10 is applied overthe shoulder, giving the length or shoulder measurement.

In applying the device for taking measurement for the right shoulder,the slide or loop 3, with adjunctive parts, is removed from the uprightmember 1 and reversed and re-applicd to the latter, the spring catch 4being then inverted and engaged with the notch 5 of the member 1 for theretention of the slide or loop and adjunctive parts in effectiveposition.

I claim:-

1. A tailors measuring device, comprising an upright member havingspaced-apart notches near its upper end, a loop-member having a springcatch for engaging in either of said notches, said loop member having aresilient member extending horizontally therefrom, a tape-measureapplied to said resilient member, and an additional tapemeasure appliedto the opposite side of said loop member.

2. A tailors measuring device, comprising an upright member having alower pointed end and having spaced-apart notches near its upper end, aloop member having a spring catch for engaging in either of saidnotches, said loop member having a resilient member extendinghorizontally therefrom, and a tape-measure applied to said resilientmember.

3. A tailors measuring device, comprising an upright member having alower pointed end, a loop member applied to said upright effectiveposition upon said upright member and having a horizontal resilientmember. s 10 member, also a nonresilient member pro- In testimonywhereof I aflix my signajecting from. said loop member and having ture,in presence of tWo Witnesses.

said resilient member secured thereto, and a HENRY H. GORDON.tape-measure applied to said resilient mem- Vitnesses:

her at one end thereof, said loop member THOMAS YOUNG,

having means for effecting its retention in SELDEN S. GORDON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

